The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that it is pledging more than $10 billion to help strengthen the economies of Central America and Southern Mexico to stem the flow of thousands of migrant surging into the country.

Alternative ways for President Trump's administration to scrounge together money to construct more of their bollard-style fencing at the United States-Mexico border may amount to less than $600 million.

About a fourth of the federal government is barreling toward another partial shutdown at the end of this week with no solution for border wall funding in reach, and leaders of the Republican and Democrat parties at a standstill just days away from the deadline.

Court filings by defense lawyers for Sayfullo Saipov, the man who used a rented truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween 2017, indicate the perpetrator was known to the F.B.I. and was caught on a wiretap the day before he carried out his deadly attack.

Mr. President: You were elected President in 2016 largely on the basis of your promise to “drain the swamp.” Those who voted for you did so in the belief that you would be the first president in their lifetimes to actually follow through on his promise to end business as usual in Washington.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” network contributor Donny Deutsch said in light of the multiple investigations of President Donald Trump including his family foundation and 2017 inaugural committee, the president was “neutered.” Deutsch said, “When do voters start to realize, ‘I may love the guy but he can’t do anything for me now?’ He’s pretty much neutered. His fangs are out. There is basically no legislation on the table. There is nothing even being discussed. Out of the 38%, when does 4%, 5% say ‘He can’t do anything.’ At the end of the day, people still vote for themselves. It’s that simple.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN

An official from Mount Holyoke College for women says the school will not be moving forward with a new brand logo that includes the “Venus" gender symbol because of the image’s “long history of exclusion connected to movements” that are offensive to some.